automake 1.16

From:

David

Subject:

automake 1.16

Date:

Wed, 26 Dec 2018 05:59:44 +0000 (UTC)

here I sit, after hours of finding and adding lib's. thinking I am ready to
compile automake 1.16
cd ~/tocompileautomake
error this file was made for automake 1.16 you have 1.14who is the super genius
who decided this? how is the software supposed to be compiled if ya need the
software to compile itself?why?